the ledger of connections
The Connections of Otto the Great
Holy Roman Emperor from 962 to 973 Every person recorded alongside Otto the Great in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Otto the Great in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Henry the Fowler, Matilda of Ringelheim
- Spouses
- Adelaide of Italy, Eadgyth
- Children
- Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, Liutgarde, Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, Matilda, Abbess of Quedlinburg, William, Archbishop of Mainz, Richlind
- Siblings
- Hedwig of Saxony, Gerberga of Saxony, Thankmar, Henry I, Bruno the Great
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 912 CE to 973 CE.
Medieval era
Ibn al-Haytham
965 CE – 1038
Arab physicist, mathematician and astronomer (c. 965 – c. 1040)
Medieval era
Al-Razi
866 CE – 925 CE
Persian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher (854-925)
Medieval era
Al-Biruni
September 4, 973 CE – December 9, 1048
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath (973–1048)
Medieval era
Ferdowsi
940 CE – 1020
Persian poet, author of Shahnameh (940–1020)
Medieval era
Leif Erikson
972 CE – 1020
Norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)
Medieval era
Sei Shonagon
966 CE – 1025
Japanese author and court lady
Medieval era
Rudaki
859 CE – 941 CE
Persian poet, the father of Persian poetry
Medieval era
Al-Mutanabbi
920 CE – 965 CE
Arab poet (c. 915 – 965)
Medieval era
Æthelstan
895 CE – October 27, 939 CE
King of Wessex and first king of England (r. 924-939)
Medieval era
Æthelflæd
870 CE – June 12, 918 CE
Mercian monarch
Medieval era
Æthelred the Unready
967 CE – April 23, 1016
King of England
Medieval era
Sweyn Forkbeard
April 17, 963 CE – February 3, 1014
King of Denmark, England, and Norway